Bear-grass flower...

Upper McKenzie River, Oregon

Koosah Falls... Sahalie Falls...
Clear Lake...

Macro Rose...

Back to Oregon...

The Three Sisters Wilderness...

Tamolich Falls...

Box Canyon Meadow... They had a very wet winter here, lots of snow. Everything is lush, lusher than normal that is... The only down side is more mosquitos and they will probably be around longer into the summer. Lots of water in the rivers, Tamolitch falls is usually a dry falls but there is so much water this year it's flowing pretty well.

A little macro action...

Dung-beetle

Harsh environment

This horse obviously found the conditions harsh, maybe it was just old. There are a lot of dead animal bones lying around the desert.


I think what this cactus is trying to say is "STAY THE HELL AWAY!!"

Nevada's landscape has a lot to offer...

Like a lot of sage brush... It's different there but I kind of like it, it's so wide-open, kind of wild still. Like me...
The frozen tundra, we had to get up before dawn and go sit in a blind in this stuff and observe birds lekking (doing their mating displays). Needless to say, there were a few times I got really cold, an "I need to get the hell out of here or I'm going to freeze cold". It was fun though.

Ruby Lake in early March

Cold and snowy, Nevada had a long, cold, snowy winter.... apparently.

Early Nevada

The pictures I posted before were from the latter part of my time in Nevada, here are some of the early ones, the snowy and cold ones. Highway 50, the loneliest road in the country, now I know why...
My home for 3 months.
The Pony Express route passed through much of our study area. Kind of cool...

Horned-toad, Lone Mountain, a flower

Desert crossroads, rock art devil?, and lupine

Antelope, grouse, and a cave

Antelope hanging with grouse, male grouse strutting his stuff, and caves... oh my

Rattlesnakes, Ruby Lake, and wild horses...

Sunsets, rock art, and a cactus

Nevada at it's finest

Flowers, mountain aspens, and abandoned homesteads...

Hot Springs!

You gotta love them. Here are a few I visited.

The first is Hot Creek near our camp in Eureka County, Nevada. Then there is one whose name I have forgotten, then there is Ruby Lake which is my favorite by far. They are an awesome oasis in the desert.

Good times!

It has been a while...

Well, I'm back in Oregon after spending the last 3 months in a tent in Nevada. The Desert, yes, but it was pretty cold at times. I had a great time working on a sage grouse project there, the birds were very cool and I do like the sage brush country. It's desolate but can be very beautiful.

Here are a few pictures, one is a sage grouse chick, we put those tags on to monitor them as they grow. To see what the survival rate is. Next is an adult sage grouse (male) strutting is stuff. They are pretty funny as they inflate their air sacks and make a popping sound. Lastly is our camp, my home for 3 months. It was... interesting...